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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Yes or no – whatever Waynesboro residents end up saying about five bond issues in a nonbinding referendum on the ballot tomorrow will go a long way to determining what happens in next year’s city-council elections. “This is a good gauge for me, really, to see what the people want….
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Senate Republicans appear to be safe in the Central Shenandoah Valley – but that isn’t to say that 24th District incumbent Emmett Hanger and 26th District incumbent Mark Obenshain haven’t had some hard work to do this fall.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Rockingham County Republicans have been crying foul over how the local board of elections has decided to inform voters of the death of Commissioner of the Revenue Richard Connellee. They might have good reason to that end.
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Mad About U: Four Decades of Basketball at University Hall By Chris Graham and Patrick Hite The following is an excerpt from Mad About U: Four Decades of Basketball at University Hall, a book on the history of University of Virginia basketball at University Hall, which closed in 2006. The book was published in 2006…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Eleven – yes, eleven – people want to be the new clerk of court in Rockingham County. But the race for the $123,000-a-year job seems to be coming down to the two major-party nominees. “I really think it’s going to be a two-person race,” Bridgewater College history and political-science professor…
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Column by Jim Bishop If, when a guy meets a gal, he tells her how classy she looks and how much he likes her, that’s sales promotion. If, instead, he impresses her with how wonderful he is, that’s advertising. But if the lady seeks him out because she’s heard from others how great he is,…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I always wonder how I would react if I had everything taken away from me and had to fight to get it back. Cara Atkins has been there, done that – and says it is the most difficult thing you can imagine having to go through. “It’s been really difficult…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It used to be my dirty little secret – I was a professional wrestling fan, and that meant that Monday nights were booked up, and when the circus was in town, I had to be there at ringside, if not closer. And then something happened this summer that changed things…
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Saw a couple of really depressing movies this week – “Gone Baby Gone,” currently playing at The Dixie Theater in Staunton, and “Rendition” now at the Regal multiplex up in Harrisonburg. Each, in its own way, is enough to keep me gloomy until the big Holiday Depression…
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Op-Ed by Holly Herman Unfortunately political ideology and real-life at the Virginia General Assembly are vastly different. Many people say Richmond isn’t accomplishing what it needs to benefit Virginia. In some cases that’s true, but more than not our Commonwealth earns high ranks. A little background may help to explain the seemingly slow pace and…
